Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

The purpose of the Social Development Division includes assistance in evaluating and analyzing the social situation of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on a group of specific countries in this region including children. We also analyze the public policy aiming at improving the standard of living for those under the age of 18 and propose remedies to correct existing defects in the realization of the rights of children and young people.

Children living in poverty are deprived of the material, mental and emotional resources necessary to survive, grow and prosper, so that they enjoy the right as a member of a completely equal society I can not participate. Therefore, it is impossible to analyze child's poverty by household income alone, but it is necessary to tackle it from a multifaceted viewpoint based on rights. The work of the Social Development Division in this field focuses on gathering up-to-date information on child poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean, and it helps to reflect how to measure and analyze its impact on policy planning objectives I will.

Social protection of children and adolescents maintains the exercise of rights and contributes directly to responding to specific threats to these rights in terms of life cycle. Children may be exposed to various types of risks arising from weak health policy, inadequate resources, or other obstacles to accessing social services essential to their rights, such as health care, appropriate nutrition, or education I am faced. Possible means to provide social protection to this group include programs to ensure access to basic services including cash transfers and subsidies, and to reduce their vulnerability and to reduce child poverty And broader measures to eliminate it. The Social Development Division strictly observes the social protection policy for children and young people in Latin America and the Caribbean region, analyzes progress and disparity in this field, and shows how each country can strengthen the citizenship of childhood It helps to identify.

Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean is well known and poverty is a constant fight in Latin America and the Caribbean. According to the Latin America-Caribbean Economic Committee, 167 million people in this region live in poverty (ECLAC). However, an additional 66 million people will live in extreme poverty (ECLAC). The report says that the number of the poor in Latin America and the Caribbean region has declined, but these figures are still large. - As a Caucasian American, I do not quite understand the harsh living environment Native Americans have endured. Last summer I was fishing and camping with my family at a resort in the northwestern Minnesota state. I noticed that this resort is located in the White Earth Indian Settlement. When I drove to the town near the resort, I saw that the Native American was very poor.

Latin America and the Caribbean Economic Committee (ECLAC): Today there are 33 to 40 indigenous peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean, each of which is divided into about 400 ethnic groups. The economic system adapts to the ecosystem. Africa - Latin and Africa - The population of the Caribbean region is about 150 million, accounting for about 30% of the total population of the region. After three years of exclusion and control, indigenous peoples and Africans today show the weakest economic and social indicators and rarely have the opportunity to participate in the decision-making process. In addition, racial discrimination and racial discrimination form the basis of foreign phobia in countries in this region and are transferred from the poorer countries to other foreigners.